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@einen tat @anni @Hirn Letters Patent No. 77,976, elated May 19, 1868;

IMPROVED SANDALS. l

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T ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

5 Bc it known that I, WILLIAM HALL, of E. and I., of Georgetown, in the county ot' Vermillion, and Stateof Illinois, have invented a new invention, to he affixed to the bottom of sandal'stor other wear for thefeet, which I`call Spurred Sandals.

The sandals may be made after the common form, a sole, a spur-piece around the-heel, straps and rings for fastening on the foot, for travelling on icc, sleet, or roofing. p

And, to enable others skilled in the art to make and use myinvention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation; and-I do declare the following' is a full and exact description of it, reference being had to the drawings and figures accompanying this description. i

For a sandal of the eighth size, I make one bar, seven and a half inches long,-with a blunt spur at cach` end, one-halt` or three-fourths of an inch long, (more or less,) one-fourth of an inch square, turned 'at right angleswith the bar, gradually flattening from each end to the middle, and that to be one-tlird the thickness of this bar. Second bar of the same iron as the other,onefourtl1 of an inch, with a. spur,` as before,`and four and a half inches long, flattened from the spur to the datrend; that end made round, and punched or drilled .onefourth of au inch from the end, to receive the spur of the long bar. The third bar, a half moon, of same bar of iron as the other, With a spur at each point, and gradually attened from each point to the middle of baror half moon, this bar or halt` moon'to be of 'size' and width -between the spurs to reach across the heel; A wedge is made for the hollow of the foot, of` sufhcient side-width and thickness to'll up the hollow ofthe foot, from the heel to the ball, fastened, by two small nails through wedge and sole, and which can be removed for straight wear. v

The bars are to be fastened to the sandals as follows: End bar 1 is to be fastened at the left side of the heel, and extend, across the foot, to the right side of the ball, fastened rmly with wire through the sole, and twisted or clinched. The otherbar, 1, is fastened at the right side of heel; extends across foot to left side of ball; the fourand-ahalfinch bar 2, dat end, to be placed on the spur of bar 1, at ball of foot, across to the toe second bar, 2, to be placed on the spur of bar 1, and extend across to toe, as represented, all firmly Ivired at each end and crossing.

All the bars can be placed on the upper side of `the sandal,`wired and fixed as on the bottom, the spurs peri'orati-ng the bottom or sole.

What I claim as my invention is The bars, spurred and axedjto the bottoms ofthesandals or othercovering for thefeet. n

DR. WM. HALL.

Witnesses:

ZAcHAnIAn MORRIS, JOSEPH THQMPSON. 

